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in 50 Minutes. 15 New Technologies. Lynn Hoffman Allen County Public Library ILF District 3 Meeting – April 26, 2007. 15 New Technologies. in 50 Minutes. Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies. 1. Blogs.
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in 50 Minutes 15 New Technologies Lynn Hoffman Allen County Public Library ILF District 3 Meeting – April 26, 2007
15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies
1. Blogs • Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs.
1. Blogs • Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs. • Use search engines like Google, Ask, MSN and Technorati to find blog posts.
1. Blogs • Use free tools like Blogger and Wordpress to create your own blogs. • Use search engines like Google, Ask, MSN and Technorati to find blog posts. • Keep track of new blog posts with an RSS feed reader like Bloglines or Google Reader.
2. Photos • Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr.
2. Photos • Share your photos online with sites like Photobucket and Flickr. • Use a service like Moo to print cards that point the people who them back to your Flickr collection.
3. Video • YouTube is ubiquitous, and anyone can put anything on it.
4. Maps • You’ve tried Google Maps, but Windows Live Local has some really cool features.
4. Maps • You’ve tried Google Maps, but Windows Live Local has some really cool features. • Sites like CommunityWalk and Wayfarer allow you to personalize maps and share them.
5. Presentations • This presentation is posted on SlideShare. It’s like YouTube for Power Point – you can view presentations from any web-enabled computer.
6. Digital Residences • MySpace and Facebook are digital bulletin boards where you post stuff and people respond. • In Second Life you create an identity, live in a virtual community, and conduct virtual commerce with other users.
15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies
7. Learning 2.0 • Helene Blowers at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County developed this framework for helping library staff become more familiar with Web 2.0 tools. • It’s been adapted for use by libraries all over the world.
8. Reinvented Catalogs • North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience
8. Reinvented Catalogs • North Carolina State University – using Endeca, they’ve enriched the search experience • Ann Arbor District Library – adding Amazonish features like keeping track of the things you’ve already read
9. Ways into Your Catalog • Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores.
9. Ways into Your Catalog • Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores. • LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users.
9. Ways into Your Catalog • Open WorldCat allows users to search their home library, along with other local resources and online bookstores. • LibraryThing lets you catalog your home collection and compare with other users. • Library Elf keeps track of a whole family’s worth of library cards from one website, email or RSS feed.
15 New Technologies in 50 Minutes Web 2.0 – Sharing the Online Experience Library 2.0 – A Different Perspective Other New Technologies
10. Windows Vista • Go to the store and try it out so that you know what it looks like. • Reviews are mixed. • Unless they’re less than 8 months old, Vista probably won’t work on your computers. • Vista ships standard on new computers unless you specify otherwise.
11. Move Digital Media • Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer.
11. Move Digital Media • Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer. • AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV
11. Move Digital Media • Slingbox – takes what comes through your TV or cable box and shoots it to any web-enabled computer. • AppleTV – takes what’s on your computer and shoots it to your TV • Amazon Unbox + TiVo – buy or rent video on Amazon and download directly to your TiVo
12. VOIP • Voice Over Internet Protocol – phones use your data network instead of separate phone lines • Wifi phones are a cross between a cordless and a cell phone • They’re on the phone system, so you can dial extensions and transfer. • They use the wireless network, so you can use them anywhere in the building.